NVIDIA ForceWare drivers ver. 81.98 have been released

[Everlost_MI]

NVIDIA (http://www.nvidia.com/) has released version 81.98 of the ForceWare drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.98.html) for Windows XP. The following are the highlights of the latest drivers.

* WHQL Certified
* Adds support for GeForce 7800 GS AGP
* Application compatibility fixes. For a full list of fixed and known issues
please view the Release Notes.
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
* TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
* Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
* Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
* PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
Thanks to Blues (http://www.bluesnews.com/) for the tip.

[Beelzebud]

Is it just me, or did all they do was update the date on that webpage? I got this driver in December, and the readme pdf file on their site is even dated Dec. 2005.

[Nite_Moogle]

I thought it was pretty damn funny that the driver I'd pulled down last month didn't recognize the 7800 GS I bought this weekend. The drivers on the CD are almost never up to date, these were actually ahead of date! Good to see I wasn't imagining things :)

[Voodoo]

I thought it was pretty damn funny that the driver I'd pulled down last month didn't recognize the 7800 GS I bought this weekend. The drivers on the CD are almost never up to date, these were actually ahead of date! Good to see I wasn't imagining things :)

Did you get one of those 7800 GS AGPs? How do you like it?

[Nite_Moogle]

I haven't really had time to test it out (just got it Saturday) but it's looking pretty hot thus far. I can run WoW at full everything at 1280x1024, but I haven't really tried FEAR or anything yet.

[Citizen Philip]

I got an X1900 the other day.

It shoots through schools.

And it too doesn't recognize the latest ATI driver: the x1900 and XTX are being supported with the drivers coming out in the next 3-4 weeks.

With my X1900XT I've got Fear, CS: S, DoD: S and HL2 playing with everything at max at 16x12 and I've got Civ4, Pirates!, Dawn of War all running at 20x14 at 75hz.. it's just .. *drool*

[Thin_J]

Is it just me, or did all they do was update the date on that webpage? I got this driver in December, and the readme pdf file on their site is even dated Dec. 2005.

The release in December was the 81.95's.

*edit*

Actually, you might be right. I checked my own driver revision and I have WQHL Approved 81.98 drivers already installed as well.

Weird.

[Syl]

I've been using the www.tweaksrus.com 81.95 drivers for quite some time.

This is a relatively old driver, as i remember passing it by when it first came out...

Still, if you want to run SLi, it has some damn nice fixes.

[KarmaGhost]

Yeah, what's the deal with these drivers? I've had them forever.

[ghost]

Amen. I've had the 81.98 since December as well, so I chuckled a bit when this came up. I wonder why they might have changed the date, though. Odd.

[sparkfizt]

Same, I've got these drivers already... i'm afraid these are'nt new at all :P might want to remove this from the front page or change the title.

[Thenetcase]

I'm using 82.12... ?? How's that work?!

[Mav]

I haven't really had time to test it out (just got it Saturday) but it's looking pretty hot thus far. I can run WoW at full everything at 1280x1024, but I haven't really tried FEAR or anything yet.

But what are your frames like in one of the big populated areas or big battle instance?